Chapter 58: Chapter 58: The Fall of a Family
Frost Wolf Ridge, City Hall.
At this moment, Frost Wolf Ridge and its vassal clans are all present.
With this battle, the demise of the Ice Bear Clan is inevitable.
And the Frost Wolf Clan will return to the position of King of the Northern Lands, once again leading the entire Northern Lands.
In this situation, these vassal clans naturally surrender wholeheartedly, eager to curry favor with the new Duke Frost Wolf.
With David as the core, these nobles have come together in unprecedented unity.
The Ice Bear City coalition, after being captured, is also all imprisoned.
What they need to do next, of course, is decide how to handle these captured troops.
David had long thought about this.
Now, with the death of Marquis Ice Bear, there is no longer any force in the Northern Lands that poses a threat to him.
Rather than kill all of them, he would follow the noble tradition of exchanging prisoners of war, allowing the families behind them to ransom them back.
Of course, this would be after he completed the trials.
For those forces that have betrayed and oppressed the Frost Wolf Clan, he will not hesitate to tie them to the stake.
And for those whose crimes are not worthy of death, they will have a set price based on the power behind them and their crimes.
It is believed that to ransom their family heads and knights, these families will surely exhaust their wealth and voluntarily send it to Frost Wolf Ridge.
Indeed, after the death of Marquis Ice Bear, many nobles had already chosen to surrender and pledge allegiance!
...
Tino Ice Bear stands on the walls of Ice Bear City, gazing into the distance.
Today is the fifth day of the expedition, and if all goes well, his father should have conquered Frost Wolf Ridge two days ago.
No matter what happened during the attack on Frost Wolf Ridge, news should have come back by now.
This complete lack of news makes him feel like he is about to face a storm, with unease clouding over him like dark clouds.
Could the entire Ice Bear City coalition have met with some mishap?
But how could that be possible.
His father is a Tier Four Peak Knight.
Plus, there is the well-equipped Ice Bear Knight and the coalition of other Ice Bear City nobles.
This force is so strong that even the other three territories of the Silver Moon Kingdom would struggle to find competitors to match it.
And the Frost Wolf Clan has long since declined.
Yet he keeps thinking of various legends of the past Frost Wolf Clan.
Precisely because of this, his unease is so intense.
He fears the defeat of the Ice Bear City coalition, which would be unbearable for the entire Ice Bear Clan.
The current strength of the Ice Bear Clan is built entirely on Marquis Ice Bear’s own power.
This strength is very fragile.
Just one failure could erase the prestige the Ice Bear Clan has accumulated over the years.
Behind Tino Ice Bear are other nobles from Ice Bear City.
At this moment, the atmosphere among everyone is somewhat gloomy; clearly, their hearts are filled with worry, afraid that something unexpected might happen.
"What is that?" Suddenly, a noble called out softly.
The others looked over and saw a figure appearing on the horizon.
Upon closer inspection, they realized it was a large group of wolf cavalry riding Gray Wolves, holding flags emblazoned with the crest of the Frost Giant Wolf.
"Those are the wolf cavalry from Frost Wolf Ridge!"
Tino’s face changed completely when he saw this figure.
"Why are the wolf cavalry from Frost Wolf Ridge here?"
"Where is Marquis Ice Bear? Where are the knights of the Ice Bear City coalition?"
The other nobles exchanged glances, their hearts already filled with bad premonitions.
David’s gaze fell on the city, not eager to act, but instead sending out an envoy.
The wolf cavalry rode their Gray Wolves swiftly toward the city walls.
Upon seeing this, Tino Ice Bear quickly dispatched a knight to negotiate.
When the knight returned with news of the defeat and capture of the Ice Bear City coalition and the death of Marquis Ice Bear, the entire Ice Bear City was instantly in an uproar!
"What did you say?"
"My father, Marquis Ice Bear, died at Frost Wolf Ridge!"
Tino Ice Bear’s face showed disbelief, as this news hit him like a bolt of lightning, stunning him completely.
The expressions of the other Ice Bear City nobles changed completely as well.
That was a Tier Four Peak Earth Knight, Marquis Ice Bear; no one in the Northern Lands should have been his match.
But what did they hear?
Marquis Ice Bear actually died at the hands of Duke Frost Wolf.
Upon realizing this, deep worry spread on their faces.
Although most of the nobles and knights had been captured, they were uncertain whether their family heads were still alive.
Thinking of this, they no longer paid attention to the completely distraught Tino Ice Bear and hurriedly went to inspect the list in the wolf cavalry’s hands.
There were mixed emotions of joy and sorrow.
Other than Marquis Ice Bear, most of the nobles were still alive.
But the amount of gold coins required to ransom these nobles back made everyone gasp involuntarily.
This new Duke Frost Wolf seemed to have given the nobles a way out, but the ransom was enough to take half the life of a family!
But they knew that without the family head, the entire family could fall apart and descend into decay; they had no choice.
Tino Ice Bear was completely stunned at this moment.
It was only when the nobles opened the city gates that he awoke as if from a dream.
But now, the Ice Bear Clan simply cannot resist the nobles of Ice Bear City.
If it weren’t for the fact that they wanted to leave the Ice Bear Clan for Duke Frost Wolf to handle, these nobles probably would have already surged forward!
David very smoothly took over Ice Bear City.
What follows, of course, is to completely dismantle the Ice Bear Clan and seize all of their wealth.
From the moment Marquis Ice Bear chose to act, the downfall of the Ice Bear Clan was already destined!
...
Not long after.
The news of the Ice Bear City coalition’s defeat spread throughout the Northern Lands.
The entire Northern Lands was shaken.
No one expected the Ice Bear City coalition to be defeated, and even the Tier Four Peak Earth Knight, Marquis Ice Bear, died in this battle!
The minor nobles who did not participate in this battle were surprised but also relieved.
Luckily, they did not participate in the battle between Ice Bear City and Frost Wolf Ridge, or they would have surely ended up like the nobility of Ice Bear City!
At this moment, the Frost Wolf Clan has once again become a powerful family in the Northern Lands!